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Troubles with Comprehension

Posted: Monday, May 30th, 2011 @ 7:16 pm in After the GED..., Children and Families, Fear of Failure, GED Incentives, GED Students, Getting a Better Job, Going Back After a Long Time, Learning Disabilities, No Money for the GED, Reading and Writing, Self-Improvement, Staying Motivated | 1 Comment »

April from Elbridge, NY – 36 Let me start out by saying that I am 36 years of age. I have three very beautiful daughters and a very supportive fiancé. I am disabled, and I have tried in the past to obtain my GED before and failed. Now that I have the support in my life, [...]

I Have a Hard Time Learning

Posted: Monday, October 25th, 2010 @ 3:52 am in GED Incentives, GED Students, Getting a Better Job, Getting Started with the GED, Learning Disabilities, Self-Improvement | No Comments »

Name: Phak Age: 21 City and State: Fall River, MA What motivated you to get your GED degree? I need help with my learning disability. I want to make it somewhere in life. How have your friends and family helped you? Some of my friends went to college, and some have completed all of their [...]

Making my Parents Proud

Posted: Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 @ 2:00 pm in After the GED..., College Bound!, GED Incentives, GED Students, Getting Started with the GED, Learning Disabilities | 1 Comment »

Name: Desaray Age: 19 City and State: Southbend, IN What motivated you to get your GED degree? I need it so I can go to college and make my parents proud of me. How have your friends and family helped you? My mother, my big sister, and my step dad help me. What problems have [...]

I Didn’t Try My Hardest

Posted: Monday, May 10th, 2010 @ 10:02 am in After the GED..., Children and Families, College Bound!, Future Nurses, GED Incentives, Learning Disabilities, Self-Improvement | No Comments »

Name: Dricka What motivated you to get your GED? I want to enroll in college. I know that without a GED, I’m not able to do anything. I can’t make real money or anything. How have your friends and family helped you? They tell me I can do it, to keep studying, to keep trying, [...]

It’s Hard to Focus

Posted: Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 @ 10:54 am in College Bound!, Getting Started with the GED, Homeschooling, Learning Disabilities, Self-Improvement, Staying Motivated | 1 Comment »

Name: Nadia Age: 16 City and State: Buffalo, NY What motivated you to get your GED? I decided to work on getting my GED because I’m home schooled, and I want to work on getting ahead in life. In regular schools there is always so much drama, it made it hard for me to concentrate [...]

I Struggled with My Disability.

Posted: Friday, February 6th, 2009 @ 9:48 am in College Bound!, GED Students, Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities | No Comments »

Name: Sakina What motivated you to get your GED? I finally realized when I enrolled in Devry University that I have to take the GED, due to my high school gave me the certificated. If it wasn’t for Devry University, I would have never known about it.

A GED Success Story

Posted: Sunday, November 16th, 2008 @ 1:13 pm in College Bound!, Learning Disabilities, Staying Motivated, Success Stories | 1 Comment »

Name:      Serenity Age:      19 City and State:     Springfield, MA I had studied off and on with your programs for a few months, until I thought I was ready. Then I went and booked the test. I tried my best to study during the busy months, and when the time came I definitely [...]

I was born with a tumor on my brain…

Posted: Monday, July 28th, 2008 @ 1:35 pm in GED Students, Learning Disabilities | No Comments »

I’m 30 years old. I dropped out of high school when I was 18 and in the 10th grade when I dropped out of school. I felt like a very dumb person cause I was a very slow learner. I always wished that I could  be as smart as some of my friends and family [...]

I want to be an OB nurse.

Posted: Monday, July 28th, 2008 @ 1:19 pm in GED Students, Learning Disabilities, Staying Motivated | 2 Comments »

I dropped out in the 11th grade, had my daughter at 18, and just haven’t had time, but now she is going to be starting kindergarden and I’m ready to get my career on the road.

I’m trying to get my GED so I can move forward in life…

Posted: Monday, February 4th, 2008 @ 11:22 am in GED Students, Learning Disabilities | 3 Comments »

My name is Latasha Hall and I’m from New Orleans. I’m 20 years old and I’m trying to get my GED so I can move forward in life so I can show my baby girl school is everything and with out it you have nothing.